Best Wii Bowling 2008: Willie’s Field House

It’s easy to love The Big Lebowski — consider all those people shouting lines at the movie during the Screenland’s midnight showings. It’s not the detective novel plot that gets us but the gorgeously rendered bowling fantasies. If we know the Dude, a truly lazy man after our own heart, he’d go to Willie’s for Wii Wednesdays instead of the local alley. Willie’s bills itself as the bar that’s locally owned and locally priced. It’s the second part that gives Willie’s the edge. From 8 p.m. to the 1:30 a.m. close every Wednesday, you can come in and roll the virtual balls while drinking $2 domestic drafts and PBR bottles. There’s no charge for the controllers; just leave your ID with the bartender and open a tab, which you should be doing anyway. And you don’t have to rent shoes. Use the cash you save to buy a few White Russians.

Wednesdays, 8 p.m., 2010